Nationwide service at Trulia

Matt Marshall at VentureBeat talks about a new feature from San Francisco online real estate startup Trulia, which is using heat maps to show where buyers are focusing their home searches in the Bay Area.

That’s not the only thing going on at the company. I just talked to Trulia Chief Executive Pete Flint who tells me that the company will launch nationwide on Monday, adding properties for sale in 25 new states, detailed neighborhood data and property comparison tools. The company launched its service in the Seattle area a few weeks ago, he said.

Flint said the heat maps — which color code the areas that attract the most searches — could be very useful for real estate agents and home shoppers who want to find out about “up-and-coming neighborhoods.”

With the new features, Flint said Trulia will “leapfrog” the competition in listing properties for sale. How will Trulia do that given all of the attention surrounding Redfin and Zillow.com? Flint said that his company does not do home valuations — like Zillow — and is more comprehensive than Redfin — which only offers service in Seattle and San Francisco. Still, he added that it is “very exciting times right now.”

Here’s some of my past coverage on Trulia, which explains how the company culls its home listings from real estate Web sites rather than the Multiple Listing Service.

GigaOm also has more details on Trulia’s new offerings, with Liz Gannes writing that its information should be much more useful to real estate buyers than the information provided by Zillow.

Nationwide service at Trulia

Matt Marshall at VentureBeat talks about a new feature from San Francisco online real estate startup Trulia, which is using heat maps to show where buyers are focusing their home searches in the Bay Area.

That’s not the only thing going on at the company. I just talked to Trulia Chief Executive Pete Flint who tells me that the company will launch nationwide on Monday, adding properties for sale in 25 new states, detailed neighborhood data and property comparison tools. The company launched its service in the Seattle area a few weeks ago, he said.

Flint said the heat maps — which color code the areas that attract the most searches — could be very useful for real estate agents and home shoppers who want to find out about “up-and-coming neighborhoods.”

With the new features, Flint said Trulia will “leapfrog” the competition in listing properties for sale. How will Trulia do that given all of the attention surrounding Redfin and Zillow.com? Flint said that his company does not do home valuations — like Zillow — and is more comprehensive than Redfin — which only offers service in Seattle and San Francisco. Still, he added that it is “very exciting times right now.”

Here’s some of my past coverage on Trulia, which explains how the company culls its home listings from real estate Web sites rather than the Multiple Listing Service.

GigaOm also has more details on Trulia’s new offerings, with Liz Gannes writing that its information should be much more useful to real estate buyers than the information provided by Zillow.